About 68% of Southwest flights to and from the San Diego International Airport have already been canceled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Freda Wilson was supposed to be on a flight to her family in Houston, Texas. Instead,"We were canceled without notification, and we were unable to reschedule. All flights were booked through December 30th."
"We have had people crying, in distress, just having some mental breakdowns, meltdowns," one woman told NBC 7., Southwest said in a statement that the winter weather caused disruptions to their full holiday travel plans, causing the catastrophic cancellations. "This safety-first work is intentional, ongoing, and necessary to return to normal reliability, one that minimizes last-minute inconveniences," the statement continued."As we continue the work to recover our operation, we have made the decision to continue operating a reduced schedule by flying roughly one third of our schedule for the next several days."
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